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History Research Guide

Permanent URL: https://library.spscc.edu/guide/history

Learn to do research for history classes.

Find Focused Information

After getting some background on your topic, we'll be ready to dive into more specific, narrow information.

Books

Find online and print books through Quick Search.

Good For: In-depth information on a narrow topic. Chapters on a narrow topic. 

Multi-Subject Library Databases

Examples: Academic Search Complete, Research Library

Good For: Finding news, popular magazine articles, and scholarly articles.

Quick Tip: Match your database to the subject area of your topic or your class. Consider what type of experts are writing about your topic.

Multi-Subject Databases for History Research

Use these databases to get started. These are both multi-subject databases, which means that they include popular and scholarly sources from many different subject areas. For example, in these multi-subject databases, you can find articles from fields like psychology, education, computer science, and more.

Video Lesson: What are Databases and Why You Need Them?

Video by Yavapai College Library

History Databases

Next Steps

Use these databases to dig even further into the scholarship on your topic.

History Databases